Roger Lippman
Nov 26
Life and Times in Leschi
The Army Camp: A Researcher’s Odyssey Part 1 Before the present-day Powell Barnett Park in Leschi was acquired by Seattle’s park...
Roger Lippman
Sep 24
Life and Times in Leschi
Frink Park 9: William Cumming, Part 2 I became interested in the artist William Cumming last year, when I attended a “town hall” put on...
Roger Lippman
Aug 27
Life and Times in Leschi
Frink Park 8: William Cumming, Part 1 “Sometime in an autumn in the late fifties … I was living in a disintegrating house on Thirtieth...
Leschi Council
Aug 27
State of the Parks: Yearly Report from the Parks and Greenspace Committee
It has been 9 years since the passage of the metropolitan park district (MPD) which promised enhanced maintenance of neighborhood parks....
Roger Lippman
May 26
Life and Times in Leschi
Frink Park 7: Carlos Bulosan, Part 2 Carlos Bulosan’s union work and his writing ability led him from California back to Seattle, where,...
Roger Lippman
Apr 22
Life and Times in Leschi
Frink Park: Carlos Bulosan, Part 1 Overlooking hills and valleys, where trees dance and birds sing under the splendor of the sun in...
Roger Lippman
Jan 28
Life and Times in Leschi: Frink Park, Part 3
A couple of bits of Frink Park history that did not survive the ages were two clay tennis courts. One was on South King Street, just...
Roger Lippman
Dec 28, 2023
Life and Times in Leschi: Frink Park, Part 2
Frink Park was created as, and remains, a natural, wooded park in the urban surrounding. It retains the Olmsted vision of a forest...
Roger Lippman
Nov 26, 2023
Life and Times in Leschi: Frink Park, Part 1
Established in 1906, Frink Park, Leschi’s vast, rambling woods, lies in the neighborhood’s geographical heart. Yet even those who are...
Leschi Council
Sep 25, 2023
September LCC General Meeting: Parks Staff Responded to Questions
The Leschi Community Council invited key staff members of the Parks Department to answer questions at the September 6 General Meeting....
Anne Depue
Aug 26, 2023
Notes from the T Dock
We try, on sunny summer afternoons, of which there have been countless this year, to catch a swim in the lake. Typically, it’s a paddle...
Leschi Council
Mar 26, 2023
Celebrate Earth Day
Although the official Earth day is April 22, Mother Earth will appreciate whatever you decide to do on whichever day works for you;...